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A blog about parenting teens and other things. There are a lot of "mommy blogs" out there. I love many of them. However, they aren't really applicable at this stage in our parenting. A blog about parenting teens? Now that is something I can get behind!

Although, I will say, if you are looking for advice on parenting, I can mostly offer the things I've found that DON'T work. I'm not an expert. AT. ALL . Unless we're talking about eyerolls. And then, I've got that shizzle nailed...

Friday, January 30, 2015

Parenting teens is not for the faint of heart.If you’ve ever had, been, or met a teen, you
know this.My girls are pretty
amazing.But they are also amazingly
frustrating a lot of the time.One would think that after 16 or so years of
this parenting gig, we would have it mastered.One would be wrong.Oh so very,
very wrong.

I’m not sure if it is due to the fact that I parent girls
(the stereotype of the illogical, hormonal teen girl is such for areason), but it feels like the issues we deal
with change on an hourly basis.Fun
times.Admittedly, the same things do come
up over and over, and often times,
what worked last time, doesn’t seem to have the same effect when used
again.Awesome.

Funny, I remember thinking the same thing when they were
babies.This worked last time, why not
this time?I often have to remind myself
that the girls are individuals.They are
separate and unique beings, sometimes frustratingly so.It’s tough when you have the knowledge and
experience to navigate a situation, but have to let them learn the hard
way.And it may be a tiny bit gratifying
later to hear we were right.Being the
mature adults that we are, we almost never let them see us gloat.

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About Me

After growing up in Vancouver (not Canada), Washington (not D.C.), I moved to Boise, Idaho (not Iowa) in 1994. Met my cool husband, had a couple kids, got a dog...clearly we are the American dream. Ha!

I was a stay-at-home mom for 14 years and decided to go back to work full-time a couple years ago. What was I thinking? Just kidding, mostly. Blogging is a creative outlet for me. Something I miss when it's not happening.